It wasn’t published because it didn’t offer anything substantial to the conversation. Not only because it was needlessly derogatory, but because you offered no support to why light grey and dark brown do not mix well

Dear Simon, I have been reading your blog for some months now, as I am researching options for my next suit. I have come across the Cad and the Dandy, and am intrugued by their business model and price point. It appears you have not yet reviewed them. I am wondering if you have any thoughts on this tailor? Thank you.

This may be a slightly odd question, but I recently purchased a Fedeli/Drake’s olive polo, and was curious if you could draw some comparisons/contrasts in terms of fit/structure? The buttoning is the biggest obvious difference, but I’ve found it’s not as versatile as I would have liked (I don’t feel it works under jacketing, for example).

Thanks for replying, Simon, your views on the Fedeli/Drake’s polo pretty much echo my own. I’ve been toying with purchasing one of your long-sleeved Friday polos in navy; the only thing keeping me from doing so was how much use I would get out of it. I typically restrict my use of polos to the brief periods I get away from the UK in warmer climates, but something that works well under an unstructured jacket would definitely be of use at the moment.

Hi Simon, well done on the Friday polo project! Marrying a closet staple with a well thought out re-engineering proposition of well-structured collar you end up with none other than a product much more versatile, and ultimate popularity. I am on my 3rd polo, and that’s a lot of Fridays! Quick question, What is your experience with gentle washing? What’s the shrink and fade like? And to what extent does the extremely soft material change, if at all.

I wash at 30 degrees and never tumble dry. I’ve never seen noticeable shrinkage. The material doesn’t change much, but after many wears you will start to see some nice fading around collar, cuffs, placket etc

It’s a good looking cut – especially like it in brown. As for a contributors ‘self appointed’ comment I know you are too grown up to worry about such a comment but worth pointing out that with 300, 000 regular readers, multiple books, articles and probably one of the widest contact books in the industry the title of ‘style expert’ has been well earnt – it’s an appointment made by the audience of readers and followers.

A question on sizes: The XS looks larger than the S in both yoke and sleeve.. Is that right? I’m looking at these measurements for the S: Chest 102 Waist 92 Yoke 40 Sleeve 61 Body 75. The orginal four sizes (S, M, L, XL) should remain the same as before right?

Thanks for keeping up the conversations (and their quality) on the blog!

If I may suggest a few colorways, it would be sand, plum, burgundy or powder blue (think A&S shawl collar cardigan). I do realize these colorways wouldn’t neccessarily go as well with tailoring, but they would be a very smart addition to the weekend or less formal offices.